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Best Western Hotels rolling out EV charging points in the UK

We’re electric car sceptics – or at least sceptical about their ability to replace the ICE car as our principal form of personal transport – although EVs do have their place as runarounds in urban areas, where their limited range isn’t really a factor. But taking your EV off for a weekend jaunt does pose logistical problems when the average range is probably no more than 80 miles, and something worth making the effort for a weekend away is almost always going to be further away than that. But a bit of smart marketing by Best Western Hotels – a group of 270 or so independently run hotels round the UK – means EV drivers will soon be able to plot their weekend away on the basis of Best Western Hotels en route, with Best Western planning on fitting EV charging points in their car parks, with half their hotels having free charging points by September.

Audi Q8 Coupe SUV and Audi A9 coupe on the way

It looks like Audi are to fill more automotive niches with the Audi Q8 Coupe SUV and Audi A9 coupe planned to extend the Audi range. The idea that Audi would jump on the coupe SUV bandwagon has been around for some time. In fact, we reported almost two years ago that Audi would be launching a range of coupe SUVs to slot in between their regular SUV offerings and would use the Q2, Q4, Q6 and Q8 monikers.

Enzo Ferrari Wallpapers

Free Ferrari Enzo Wallpapers Just 400 examples of the Ferrari Enzo have been built. Launched at the Paris Motor Show in 2002, the Enzo had a list price of $643,330 but, due to the exclusivity of the car, you would now have to pay at least 50% more to buy one. The mid-engined V12, linked to an F1 ‘box, delivers 651bhp, with a 0-60 time of 3.1 seconds and a 0-100 time of 6.6 seconds, with a top speed of over 225mph.